Chapter 165 (2/2)
“… ”
Although she looked at me suspiciously, I couldn’t take my eyes off Jiun and Carsein. They, who agreed like cats and dogs, seemed to be so different today, because Carsein looked so calm despite her stepping on his foot, and she moved her red lips sweetly.
“Aristia? Are you okay?”
“Ah yes.”
At her repeated questions I reluctantly took my eyes off the two. After replying to Francis who looked at me worriedly, I looked back at them. They were walking back toward us after the dance.
Is he okay? He looked okay on the surface, but it seemed that she stepped on his foot very hard.
“I enjoyed dancing with you, Lady Jena. Thank you.”
“You’re welcome.”
Jiun reacted coldly and disappeared after bowing slightly.
After casting a glance at her, Alexis said, “Then please excuse us, me and Ilya. We should go see mother. ”
“Ah yes. It was a pleasure to see you, Alexis. See you next time, Ilya. ”
“Rynn, why don’t we dance? Shall we go out to the floor?”
“Sure, Sean. Let’s go.”
When Alexis and Ilya disappeared and Sir Lars and Frincia walked out to the dance floor, Carsen turned to me and said with a smile, “It looks like the party is almost finished. Shall we leave?”
“Well, is it okay to leave now?”
“We have stayed long enough. I don’t think anybody will blame us if we leave now.”
“Sure, let’s go.”
I felt I spent a lot of time here. As I went through lots of things today, I suddenly felt tired a lot, so I quickly nodded at him.
As I stepped outside the banquet hall and walked down the hallway, I squinted at Carsein from time to time. Is his foot really alright? He looked okay as he was walking without any problem.
“Why are you looking like that?”
“Oh, well…”
“Do I look cool to you again? Well, I think I appeared before you at the perfect moment. What do you think?”
“… ”
“Sorry, I couldn’t come earlier. In fact, I was stopped by my mother from coming to you here. Fortunately, I managed to escape from her, but this time my friends stopped me. ”
“Oh, I see.”
As there was a meeting among young ladies, there was certainly a young men’s meeting, too. In the case of young men, there were lots of them in the high-ranking nobles, so Carsein didn’t have to come. However, Carsein was very popular among his friends even though he rarely participated in their regular meet as the youngest knight. Some of them openly said they wanted to be like him when they joined the knights division.
‘Totally unexpected. As he wasn’t interested in social circles, I thought he was an oddball. Looks like he attends social clubs, too.’
When he got in the wagon and closed the door, Carsein, who looked so casual until then, suddenly frowned.
As he made a painful expression, I quickly looked at his foot. I thought he was okay because he looked casual, but he was very conscious about others.
“Are you okay, Sein? Does it hurt because she stepped on your foot?”
“Uh, did you notice? She was really mean. She stepped on my foot with all her might.”
“Really? Are you alright?”
“I am not okay. Actually, it hurts a lot.”
“Really? Let me see. What if your foot was wounded?”
Stunned, I held him. He recovered from his shoulder injury only recently. What if he got wounded again? As he was a knight who had to move his body a lot, he had lots of minor injuries most of the time.
Carsein stopped me from checking his condition with a smile. His blue eyes stared at me.
“Please calm down.”
“Huh?”
“Why are you so friendly to me, little girl? It’s not too late since you aren’t married yet.”
“… What the heck are you talking about?”
As I was dumbfounded at his reaction, I pushed his chest gently. With a full smile on his face, he grabbed his chest and chatted me up, “Oh, it hurts. Tia. You are very strong, man. It hurts more than when she stepped on my foot.”
“Oh really?”
“Sorry, Sein.”
When I narrowed my eyes to stare at him, he raised her hands to show surrender. I stared at him for some time, then turned my head outside the window.